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CURRICULUM VITAE Krista A. Capps

Odum School of Ecology & Savannah River Ecology Laboratory 140 E. Green St.

The University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2202 USA

kcapps@uga.edu http://cappslab.ecology.uga.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Dissertation Title: Changes in Community Structure and Ecosystem Processes in Response to Armored Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Invasion Concentrations: Biogeochemistry, Community and Ecosystem Ecology, and Limnology Special Committee Chair: Dr. Alex Flecker January 2012

M.S. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Environmental Science, Emphasis: Applied Ecology Advisors: Dr. Vicky Meretsky and William Jones May 2002

B.S. Hope College, Holland, Michigan, magna cum laude Majors: Biology, Political Science Advisors: Dr. Kathy Winnett-Murray and Dr. James Zoetewey December 1998

Positions: 2016: Service-Learning Fellow, U. Georgia 2016-present: Executive Committee Member, Center for Integrative Conservation Research, U. Georgia 2015-present: Assistant Professor, Odum School of Ecology, U. Georgia 2015-present: Assistant Professor, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory 2014-2015: Research Assistant Professor, Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Bio., U. Maine 2012-2014: Postdoctoral Fellow, Sustainability Solutions Initiative, U. Maine 2011: Research Associate, Maine Center for Research in STEM Education, U. Maine 2010: Future Faculty Teaching Fellow, Cornell University 2010: Paul Fellow, Cornell University 2008: Fulbright-Hays Fellow, US Department of Education 2005-2011: Teaching Assistant, Cornell University 2002-2004: United States Peace Corps Volunteer, Honduras, Central America

Publications (*Graduate Advisee; ^Undergraduate Advisee):

Vanni, M. J. et al. 2017. A global database of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates of aquatic animals. Ecology, n/a-n/a. doi:10.1002/ecy.1792 Atkinson, C.L., K. A. Capps, A. Rugenski, M. Vanni. Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in fresh

water ecosystems: from individuals to ecosystems. Biological Reviews in press (available online). Tiegs, S. D., K. A. Berven, D. J. Carmack, and K. A. Capps. 2016. Stoichiometric implications of a biphasic

life cycle. Oecologia 180: 853-63.

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Capps, K. A., C. N. Bentsen, and A. Ramírez. 2016. Poverty, urbanization, and environmental degradation: urban streams in the developing world. Freshwater Science 35: 429-435.

Booth, D.B., A. H. Roy, B. Smith, and K. A. Capps. 2016. Global perspectives on the urban stream syndrome. Freshwater Science 35: 421-428.

Roy, A. H., K. A. Capps, R. W. El-Sabaawi, K. L. Jones, T. B. Parr, A. Ramírez, R. F. Smith, C. J. Walsh, S. J. Wenger. 2016. Urbanization and stream ecology: diverse mechanisms of change. Freshwater Science 35: 272-277.

Cease, A., K. Capps, K. Gates, M. McCrackin, and D. Nidzgorski. 2015. Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in urban environments: the stoichiometry of human diets and waste. Oikos 124: 931-948. (Submitted as part of Woodstoich http://woodstoich.org/).

Capps, K. A. and A.S. Flecker. 2015. High impact of low-trophic position invaders: effects of non-native grazing fishes on the quantity and quality of basal food resources. Freshwater Science 34:784-796.

Capps, K.A., C.L. Atkinson, A. Rugenski. 2015. Implications of species addition and decline on nutrient dynamics in freshwaters. Freshwater Science 34: 485-496.

Capps, K.A., G. Ng^, and J. S. Strickland. 2015. Environmental assessment of stream habitats bordering Palenque National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 59:286-292.

Capps, K.A., C.L. Atkinson, A. Rugenski. 2015. Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in freshwaters: an introduction. Freshwater Biology 60: 439–442.

Capps, K.A., K. Berven, S. Tiegs. 2015. Modeling nutrient transport and transformation by pool-breeding amphibians in forested landscapes using a 21 year dataset. Freshwater Biology 60: 500-511.

Capps, K. A., A. Ulseth, and A. S. Flecker. 2014. Quantifying the top-down and bottom-up effects of non-native grazers in freshwaters. Biological Invasions 2014: 1-14.

Tallis, H, J. Lubchenco, V. Adams et al. 2014. Towards a diverse conservation ethic. Nature 515: 27–28 (06 November 2014) doi:10.1038/515027a

Capps, K. A., R. Rancatti, N. Tomczyk^, T. Parr, A.J.K. Calhoun, M. Hunter. 2014. Biogeochemical hotspots in forested landscapes: The role of vernal pools in denitrification and organic matter processing. Ecosystems 17: 1455-1468.

Capps, K. A., and A. S. Flecker. 2013. Invasive aquarium fish transform ecosystem nutrient dynamics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280: doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1520

Lienart, G. D. H.*, R. Rodiles-Hernandez, and K. A. Capps. 2013. Nest burrows and nesting behavior of non-native catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in the Usumacinta-Grijalva watershed, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist: 58: 239-243.

Capps, K. A., and A. S. Flecker. 2013. Invasive fishes generate biogeochemical hotspots in a nutrient-imited system. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54093. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054093.

Capps, K. A., C.L. Atkinson, A. Rugenski, C.V. Baxter, K.S. Boersma, C.C. Carey, P.B. McIntyre, J.W. Moore, W.H. Nowlin, and C.C. Vaughn. 2012. Impacts of species addition and species loss on ecosystem

function in freshwater systems. ESA Bulletin 93: 402-408. Capps, K. A., L. G. Nico, M. Mendoza Carranza, W. Areválo-Frías A. J. Ropicki, S. A. Heilpern^, and R.

Rodiles-Hernández. 2011. Salinity tolerance of the exotic armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in southern Mexico: potential new pathways for invasion. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 21: 528-540.

Capps, K. A., M. T. Booth, S. M. Collins, M. A. Davison, J. M. Moslemi, R. W. El-Sabaawi, J. L. Simonis, and A. S. Flecker. 2011. Nutrient diffusing substrata: a field comparison of commonly used methods to assess nutrient limitation. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30: 522-532. (Click here to see the coverage of the article in the Freshwater Science newsletter).

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Capps, K. A., M. A. S. Graça, A. C. Encalada, and A. S. Flecker. 2010. Leaf-litter decomposition across three flooding regimes in a seasonally flooded Amazonian watershed. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 205-210.

Capps, K. A., M. A. Davision, Y. A. Kapetanakos, J. M. Moslemi, and C. E. Wagner. 2009. Crossing borders: promoting graduate research in the developing world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7: 333-334.

Moslemi, J. M., K. A. Capps, M. S. Johnson, J. Maul, P. B. McIntyre, A. M. Melvin, T. M. Vadas, D. M. Vallano, J. M. Watkins, and M. Weiss. 2009. Training tomorrow's environmental problem-solvers: an integrative approach to graduate education. Bioscience 59: 514-521.

Capps, K. A., C. B. Turner, M. T. Booth, D. L. Lombardozzi, S. H. McArt, D. Chai, and N. G. Hairston Jr. 2009. The behavioral responses of the endemic shrimp Halocardina rubra (Malacostraca:Atyidae) to an introduced fish, Gambusia affinis (Actinopterygii: Poeciliidae) and implications for the trophic structure of Hawaiian anchialine ponds. Pacific Science 63: 27-37.

Capps, D. K., K. A. Capps, B. A. Crawford. 2008. A student-centered project focused on obtaining clean drinking water for a community. Science Scope: December 2008.

Voigt, C. C., K. A. Capps, D. K. N. Dechmann, R. H. Michener, T. H. Kunz. 2008. Nutrition or detoxification: why bats visit mineral licks of the Amazonian Rainforest. PLoS ONE 3(4): e2011. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002011

SPECIAL EDITION ORGANIZATION/EDITING: Capps, K. A. Global Perspectives on the Urban Stream Syndrome. Bridges Cluster: Freshwater Science

2016. Roy, A., C. Walsh, K. Capps, R. El-Sabaawi, R. Smith, A. Ramirez. Urbanization and Stream Ecology:

Diverse Mechanisms of Change. Freshwater Science 2016. Capps, K.A., C.L. Atkinson, A. Rugenski. 2015. Synthesizing ecosystem-level effects of consumer-driven

nutrient dynamics in freshwaters. Freshwater Biology March 2015.

Grants, Awards, & Scholarships (*Graduate Student Co-Author): POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS (*CO-AUTHORED BY GRADUATE MENTEE): 2016: Student Technology Fee Funds Grant University of Georgia, Providing access to real-time

environmental data in UGA Classrooms. PI: Dr. Krista Capps 2016: The Georgia Tech Resource Corporation, Linking water infrastructure and ecological

stoichiometry. PI: Dr. Krista Capps 2016: Faculty Research Grants in Science and Engineering, The stoichiometric underpinnings of success:

investigating the influence of the quality of basal food resources on the body condition, population dynamics, and community ecology of medically-important mosquitos. Lead PI: Dr. Krista Capps

2016: CICR Faculty Research Development Grant. Lead PI: Dr. Krista Capps, UGA; Co-PIs: Dr. Jenn Rice, UGA; Dr. Kyle McKay, Army Corps of Engineers/UGA

2015: USGS Water Research Resources Institute, Water budget, groundwater exchange and hydrologic variability of central Maine's seasonal forest pools. Lead PI: Dr. Andy Reeve, UMaine; Co-PIs: Dr. Aram Calhoun, UMaine; Dr. Krista Capps, UMaine

2014-2015: NSF Catalyzing New International Collaborations, Mexican Urban Stream Ecology Lead PI: Dr. Krista Capps, UMaine; Co-PIs: Dr. Allison Pease, Texas Tech; Dr. Seth Wenger, UGeorgia

2014-2015: UCMexus, Context dependence of consumer-driven ecosystem effects across a river continuum: Integrating physiology, trophic ecology, and organismal stoichiometry Lead PI: Dr. Donovan German, UC Irvine; Co-PIs: Dr. Krista Capps, UMaine; Dr. Allison Pease, Texas Tech

2014-2015: National Geographic Conservation Trust Program, Fisheries resources and ancient

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communities in a threatened Mesoamerican river: ecological and cultural implications of damming the Rio Usumacinta Lead PI: Dr. Allison Pease, Texas Tech; Co-PI: Dr. Krista Capps, UMaine

2014-2015: NSF DEB Workshop Proposal: Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology Lead PI: Dr. Seth Wenger

2013-2017: NSF Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems Program, CNH: Small natural features with large ecosystem functions in urbanizing landscapes Lead PI: Dr. Aram Calhoun, UMaine; Co-PIs: Drs. Kathleen Bell, Krista Capps, Malcolm Hunter, Michael Kinnison, Cynthia Loftin, UMaine; Dr. Dana Bauer, Boston University; Dr. Erik Nelson, Bowdoin College

2012: USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Research Grant Lead PI: Dr. Adria Elskus, UMaine; Co-PI: Dr. Krista Capps, UMaine; Chris Ingersoll, USGS 2012: *Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station Analytic Laboratory Research Grant 2012: Research Grant, Maine EPSCoR 2012: Seed Funding for Collaborative Grants Program, Maine EPSCoR

POST-GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2016: 2016: Service-Learning Fellowship. Service-Learning in Urban Environments 2012: Sustainability Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Maine

POST-GRADUATE TEACHING/SUPPORT FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS 2015: *The UGA STEM Initiative Small Grants Program, Development of a service-learning course on the

ecology of the urbanized landscape. Lead PI: Dr. Krista Capps, UGA; Co-PIs: Dr. Seth Wenger, UGA; Mr. James Wood, UGA

2014, 2015: Society for Freshwater Science Board of Directors/President’s Discretionary Fund – Instars Mentoring Program to Broaden Participation of Undergraduates from Under-represented Groups and Ethnic Minorities, Co-PI Status

Invited Oral Presentations (Post-Graduate): 2016: Waste-water stoichiometry and freshwater ecosystem function: linking resource-management

decisions with the quality and quantity of basal food resources. Gordon Research Conference: Unifying Ecology Across Scales: Linking the Levels from Physiological to Ecosystem Ecology. Biddeford, Maine

2016: The functional role of consumers in ecosystems: the conservation implications of managing organisms to preserve ecosystem function. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University

2015: Animals and ecosystem function in heterogeneous landscapes of the anthropocene. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resource Management, University of Georgia

2015: Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in a changing world. The Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia

2015: Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in freshwater ecosystems. The Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, the Ohio State University

2015: Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in a changing world. The Department of Biology, University of Arkansas

2014: Quantifying the functional role of animals in nutrient dynamics in freshwaters. Department of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University

2014: Biodiversity and ecosystem function in freshwaters: understanding the functional role of species across anthropogenically modified landscapes. Environmental Studies Program and Kansas Biological Station, University of Kansas

2013: Animals driving ecosystem function: Understanding the role of aquatic organisms in nutrient

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dynamics. Lecture Series in the Sciences, Elmira College, Elmira, New York 2013: Integrating high school researchers into university research teams. Maine EPSCoR State

Conference--"Looking to the Future - Supporting Maine's R&D Capacity through STEM Workforce Development, Technology, and Communicating Science", Orono, Maine

2013: Quantifying the functional role of aquatic organisms in biogeochemical processes. School of Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

2013: The functional role of aquatic organisms in ecosystem processes across anthropogenically modified landscapes. Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

2013: Biodiversity, ecosystem function & sustainable resource use in a changing environment. Environmental Change Initiative, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

2013: Linking biodiversity & ecosystem function: understanding the functional role of species across anthropogenically modified landscapes. School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

2013: Hotspots in forested landscapes: the functional role of vernal pools in nutrient dynamics, Sustainability Solutions Initiative, University of Maine, Orono, Maine

2013: Understanding the functional role of aquatic organisms in ecosystem nutrient dynamics. Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota

2012: Nutrient limitation in the wake of invasion: the potential influence of invader body stoichiometry on nutrient dynamics in novel systems. Gordon Research Conference: Metabolic Ecology in a Changing World. Biddeford, Maine

2012: Los cambios en los ecosistemas de agua dulce después de la invasión de los peces diablos. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, in Spanish

2012: The effects of low-trophic position invaders on basal food resources and nutrient dynamics in tropical freshwater systems. Drew University, Madison, New Jersey

2012: Functional changes in freshwater ecosystems in response to declining fish populations. Sustainability Science Seminar Series, College of Natural Science, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, in Spanish

2012: Changing nutrient dynamics in response to species invasion: a case study of armored catfishes in southern Mexico. School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine

2012: A plague of pets: the effects of a non-native grazing fish in tropical streams. Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine

2011: High impacts of low-trophic position invaders: the effects of grazing armored catfishes on freshwater ecosystems in Southern Mexico. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2011: Ecosystem-level impacts of non-native fishes: changes in nutrient dynamics in response to invasion. Colby College, Waterville, Maine

2011: Linking biodiversity and ecosystem services: understanding the functional role of species across anthropogenically modified landscapes. Sustainability Solutions Initiative, University of Maine, Orono, Maine

2011: The community and ecosystem-level impacts of armored catfish invasion in southern Mexico. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

2011: The community and ecosystem-level impacts of invasion: how an aquarium pet may change the world. The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee

Other Oral Presentations (Post-Graduate; #Co-author presented; *Graduate Advisee Presented;

**Graduate Advisee Co-Author; Undergraduate Advisee Presented; ^^Undergraduate Advisee Co-Author): 2017: Integrating service learning into freshwater education: enhancing content knowledge through

reflection and service. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting. Raleigh, NC. June 4-9,

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2017. 2017: *Dissolved organic carbon as a potential vector for metal bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs.

Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting. Raleigh, NC. June 4-9, 2017. 2017: Food webs, community assemblages, and organismal stoichiometry along environmental

gradients in two Mesoamerican river networks. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting. Raleigh, NC. June 4-9, 2017.

2017: Integrating stoichiometric thinking into socio-ecological systems: relationships among ecology, wastewater infrastructure, and environmental regulations. American Ecological Engineering Society Meeting. Athens, GA. May 24-26, 2017.

2017: Decision-making under duress prioritizing management activities to preserve the integrity of fresh waters, promote human health, and protect water supplies. Georgia Water Resources Institute Meeting. Athens, GA. April 19-20, 2017.

2016: *Fish Assemblages and Aquatic Food-web Structure in Two Mesoamerican River Networks with Contrasting Flow Regimes. Joint Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, LA. July 10, 2016.

2016: * The Instars mentoring program: success, challenges, and lessons learned of 5-years of broadening participation in freshwater science. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Sacramento, California.

2016: *Experimental evidence that hemlock decline changes the role of detrital subsidies in freshwater food webs. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Sacramento, California.

2015: Ephemeral wetlands and municipal decision-making: linking ecology and conservation with economic development through interdisciplinary research in forested landscapes, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland

2015: *Experimental evidence that hemlock decline changes the role of detrital subsidies in freshwater food webs, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland

2014: Modeling nutrient transport and transformation by vernal pool-breeding amphibians in forested landscapes, The Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon

2014: *Global differences in urbanization and stream ecology, The Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon

2013: Summarizing patterns of consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in freshwater ecosystems. The Society for Freshwater Science, Jacksonville, Florida

2013: *SFS Instars: a mentoring program to increase diversity in the next generation of freshwater scientists. The Society for Freshwater Science, Jacksonville, Florida

2012: #Building a framework for predicting the effects of species addition and species loss on nutrient dynamics in freshwater ecosystems. Ecological Society of America (ESA), Portland, Oregon

2012: #The effects of species gain and species loss on nutrient storage and cycling in freshwater ecosystems: summarizing patterns across ecosystems. ESA, Portland, Oregon

2012: Stoichiometrically unique invaders modify nutrient dynamics in topical streams. The Society for Freshwater Science, Louisville, Kentucky

Posters (Post-Graduate; *Graduate Advisee/Mentee; ^Undergraduate Advisee, #Co-author presented;):

2017:*Integrating aquatic ecology in socioecological systems: the case of palm oil plantation ins southeast Mexico, Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting. Raleigh, NC. June 4-9, 2017.

2017: Integrating stoichiometric thinking into socio-ecological systems: relationships among ecology, wastewater infrastructure, and environmental regulations. Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology. Raleigh, NC. May 31-June 3, 2017.

2014: ^*Patterns in macroinvertebrate community composition in vernal pools in the northeastern United States. The Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon

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2014: #Ontogenic shifts in the stoichiometry of wood frog bodies and excreta. The Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon

2014: #Undergraduate mentoring at SFS and SWS: increasing diversity in the next generation of aquatic scientists. The Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon 2013: *Of pools and people: application of vernal pool amphibian landscape genetics in a socio-environmental coupled-systems model. NE Assoc. of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Portland, ME.

2013: Biogeochemical hotspots within forested landscapes: quantifying the functional role of vernal pools in ecosystem processes. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, USA

2012: Sources or sinks: the effects of an invasive fish on nutrient dynamics. Gordon Research Conference: The Metabolic Basis of Ecology, Biddeford, Maine, USA

2012: Changing nutrient dynamics in response to invasion. Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, Solo, Indonesia

2012: ^Aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity across a land-use gradient in Palenque National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. The North American Benthological Society, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Teaching Experience (Post-Graduate):

COURSE INSTRUCTOR (*SUPERVISED GRADUATE STUDENT EDUCATOR) 2018: (Scheduled): Urban Ecology (a service-learning class) 2016-present (fall semesters): Ecology 1000: Ecological basis of environmental issues 2016: *Urbanized landscapes and the role of community engagement in sustainable ecosystems, UGA 2015: Conserving Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes (Graduate Course), UMaine 2015: Field Course: Animal Adaptations to Changing Climate, UMaine 2014: Freshwater Ecosystems of Maine, Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Biology, UMaine 2014: Threatened & Endangered Species, Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Biology, UMaine 2012: Readings in Sustainability Science (Graduate Course), Sustainability Solutions Initiative, UMaine

CAMP/WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR 2012: Workshop instructor, Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER), Solo, Indonesia

Student Research Mentoring: GRADUATE ADVISING (student ^^presented findings at meeting or **published work)

2017-present: Graduate Thesis Advisor (M.S.): Elizabeth (Reed) Solly, UGA 2017-present: Graduate Thesis Advisor (Ph.D ICON): Denzell Cross, USA 2016-present: Graduate Thesis Advisor (Ph.D ICON): Keysa Rosas-Rodriguez, USA 2016-present: Graduate Thesis Advisor (Ph.D Ecology): Julie Ziemba, USA 2016-present: Graduate Thesis Committee (Ph.D.): Rachel Gauer Will, UGA 2016-present: Graduate Thesis Committee (Ph.D.): Greg Jacobs, UGA Thesis Topic: Instream connectivity and subsidy transport by freshwater fish communities 2015-2017: Graduate Thesis Advisor (M.S.): Nate Tomczyk, UGA Thesis Topic: Trace metal interactions with DOC and the microbial loop: implications of

urbanization 2015-present: Graduate Thesis Committee (M.S.): Austin Coleman, UGA Thesis Topic: Amphibian populations and disease ecology 2015-2016: Graduate Thesis Committee (M.S.): Laura Early, UGA Thesis Topic: Ecosystem service modeling in Georgia watersheds 2013-2017: Graduate Thesis Committee (Ph.D.): Eric K. Moody, Arizona State University

Thesis Topic: Grazing fishes in tropical rivers: linking body stoichiometry, organismal physiology and ecosystem function

2013-2014: Graduate Thesis Committee (M.W.C): Rachel Dunham, University of Maine

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Research Project: A survey of mammalian and avian species in forest corridors in Panama 2008-2010: Graduate Thesis Committee (M.S.): Govinda-Das Hugo Liénart De Wolf^^,** Thesis Title: Reproduction in an invasive exotic suckermouth armored catfish Pterygoplichthys

pardalis Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in the lower part of the Usumacinta Watershed. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de las Casas, M.S. Natural Resources and Rural Development

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTORING ( ^^presented findings at national meeting or **published work in peer-reviewed journal) 2017: Population Biology of Infectious Diseases REU: Amber Matha 2015-2016: Independent Study Research Mentor: E. Reed Solly, University of Georgia Impacts of food quality on the development rate and condition of larval mosquitos 2013-2015: Independent Study Research Mentor: Nate Tomczyk**, University of Maine Differences in microbial enzyme activity along a gradient of upland and vernal pool soils 2013: Independent Study Research Mentor: Randi Jackson^^, University of Maine Patterns in macroinvertebrate community composition in vernal pools 2012-2013: Honors Thesis Committee, Sarah Watts, University of Maine Honors Thesis in Ecology and Environmental Sciences and Spanish GRANTS AND OTHER ACCOLADES AWARDED TO UNDERGRADUATE MENTEES 2016: E. Reed Solly, Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Honors Course, UGA 2014-2015: Randi Jackson, ESA SEEDS Leadership Workshop Fellow (Diversity program-all expenses paid) 2014: Nathan Tomczyk, Attendee Council on Undergraduate Research’s Research Experiences for

Undergraduates Symposium, Washington, D.C. (Oct. 2014) 2013: Randi Jackson, Society of Wetland Scientists Mentoring and Travel Grant (Diversity program-all

expenses paid for the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Portland, OR in 2014) 2013: Nathan Tomczyk, Center for Undergraduate Research Fellowships, University of Maine ($1,460)

ADDITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION 2014: Adam Scheppard, Summer field research, University of Maine 2013: Avery Cole, Summer field research, University of Maine 2012: Avery Cole, Summer field research, University of Maine 2012: Phillip Benoit, Summer field research, University of Maine 2012: Eleanor Durso, Summer field research, University of Maine 2012: Gregory Innes, Summer field research, University of Maine

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION (*INITIATING PILOT PROGRAM) 2014: Steven Holmes, Wabanaki Center Internship for Native American Students, University of Maine* 2013: Leah Clement, Orono High School Research Program, University of Maine 2013: Diana Tyutyunnyk, Orono High School Research Program, University of Maine 2012-2013: Leah Clement, Research Internship in Ecology &Sustainability Science, University of Maine 2012: Leah Clement, Orono High School Research Program, University of Maine (summer months) 2012: Chris Introne, Orono High School Research Program, University of Maine (summer months)

Service & Volunteer Activities: UGA SERVICE 2016-PRESENT: MEMBER, CAMPUS RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SAVANAH RIVER ECOLOGY LABORATORY 2016-PRESENT: MEMBER, STUDENT FEES COMMITTEE, ODUM SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY 2016-PRESENT: HEAD, DIVERSITY COMMITTEE, ODUM SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY 2016-PRESENT: MEMBER, CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE CONSERVATION RESEARCH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2016-2017: MEMBER, BUILDING COMMITTEE FOR THE SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER, UGA 2016, 2017: JUDGE GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM, ODUM SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY

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2016, 2017: JUDGE, SYMPOSIUM FOR INTEGRATIVE CONSERVATION 2016: MEMBER, SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER BUILDING COMMITTEE 2015-PRESENT: MEMBER, UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE 2015: PANELIST, WISCI CAREER SYMPOSIUM

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES 2015-PRESENT: Editorial Board Member, Freshwater Biology

MANUSCRIPT AND BOOK EDITING AND REVIEW Reviewer: Aquatic Invasions; Biological Invasions; Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Conservation, Ecology, & Management of Worldwide Catfish Populations & Habitats, American Fisheries Society (Book Chapter); Ecology; Ecology Letters; Ecosphere; Ecosystems; Freshwater Biology; Freshwater Science; Global Change Biology, Hydrobiologia; Journal of Freshwater Ecology; Marine and Freshwater Research; Oecologia; Proceedings of the Royal Society B

GRANT REVIEW PANELS: 2015, 2016: National Science Foundation 2012, 2015, 2016: National Science Foundation/USAID: Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research

SINGLE REQUESTS: 2011, 2014: National Science Foundation 2013, 2016: National Geographic Society

SUPPORTING HUMAN DIVERSITY IN ECOLOGY & FRESHWATER SCIENCE RESEARCH: 2014: Initiated Pilot Program, Wabanaki Center Internship in Environmental Science for Native American

Students, University of Maine 2013-present: Advisory Panel Member, Instars Diversity Program, SFS (Link to podcast) 2012, 2015: Mentor, Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS), ESA 2011-2012: New Generation Committee Member, ESA 2011-2012: Instars Program Mentor, SFS

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Association of Ecosystem Research Centers (AERC) Ecological Society of America (ESA) Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) Southwestern Association of Naturalists

SYMPOSIUM, SEMINAR, AND ASSOCIATION ORGANIZATION (POST-GRADUATE) 2016-2017: Lead Organizer, Special Sessions, Annual Meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science 2015: Organizer, Organized Oral Session—Solving complex problems in coupled natural and human systems:

Socio-ecological research at the frontier of global change, ESA 2015: Co-Organizer, 1st Conference on Biological Stoichiometry, Trent University

2014: Lead Organizer and Moderator, Special Oral Session--The future of aquatic science: an educational

session particularly for undergraduates, Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon 2013-2014: Co-Organizer, Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology, Portland, Oregon 2013: Lead Organizer and Moderator, Special Oral Session—More than just P in a bag: using

consumer-driven nutrient dynamics to understand community interactions and ecosystem processes, SFS

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2013: Lead Organizer and Moderator, Special Oral Session—The future of freshwater science:

an educational session for undergraduates, SFS 2012-2013: Organizer, Postdoctoral Association, University of Maine 2012-2013: Organizer, Graduate Student Expo, University of Maine 2012: Organizer and Moderator, Organized Oral Session— Species addition and loss: effects on ecosystem

Processes in freshwater ecosystems, ESA 2012: Organizer and Moderator, Special Oral Session— Species addition and loss: effects on ecosystem

processes, SFS

ELECTED POSITIONS (POST-GRADUATE) 2017-2018: Member-at-Large, AERC

OTHER ACTIVITIES WITHIN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (POST-GRADUATE) 2016-present: Odum School Representative (AERC) 2016-present: Sponsorship and Development Committee (SFS) 2014-2017: Elections and Place Committee, SFS 2014-present: Education and Diversity Committee, SFS

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES 2012: PARTICIPANT AND WORKSHOP LEADER: KAVLI FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE PROGRAM: INDONESIA, THE UNITED STATES

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID), AND THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Responsibilities: Design and execute a one-day workshop focused on academic peer-review.

Participate and present poster in Kavli Frontiers of Science meeting. 2009-2016: PALENQUE NATIONAL PARK: BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION OF AQUATIC HABITATS, COMISIÓN

NACIONAL DE ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS, MÉXICO Responsibilities: Conduct aquatic biodiversity surveys and water quality analysis, identify macroinvertebrate and fish species, map species distribution and water quality, prepare museum displays of data for the biodiversity museum at Palenque National Park

2007-2009: FOUNDER AND VICE PRESIDENT, ENRICH THE WORLD (WWW.ENRICHTHEWORLD.ORG) Responsibilities: Develop mission statement and organization objectives, design business plan for organization, prepare 501(c)(3) application packet for federal approval, create project plans for the La Botija and the Sierra de Agalta projects, write grant applications, organize fundraising activities, prepare educational materials for outreach activities

2006: BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BRIDGE OF PEACE (WWW.BRIDGEOFPEACE.ORG) Responsibilities: Create environmental education materials, organize fundraising activities

2002-2004: US PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER, OLANCHO, HONDURAS Responsibilities: Design and implement education programs for guides in Sierra de Agalta and the Caves of Talgua National Parks, write grant applications to support museum development and environmental interpretation and HIV/AIDS education, create museum and environmental interpretation materials, design and implement country-wide HIV/AIDS workshops for health care providers, community leaders, and student groups, design and implement K-12 environmental education programs, all activities were conducted in Spanish

Languages:

English (native speaker) Spanish (fluent)